* Any and all ghosts in ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters.''''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' dabble into this from time to time, though Prime Evil's gang despise the harmless scare part and the ghosts who embody this fully. And unfortunately, that lasts only [[NotSoHarmlessVillain until they get into]] brainwashing, attempted mass murder, zombie-making bombs,[[NeverSayDie ghost-making]] gasses, the list goes on...

* Squidge the Bogey from ''TalesOfTheQuestor''. It's implied that his people have an entire culture/economy based around scaring children and extorting food and trinkets out of them.

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* Squidge the Bogey from ''TalesOfTheQuestor''.''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor''. It's implied that his people have an entire culture/economy based around scaring children and extorting food and trinkets out of them.

* The Hamburglar in the McDonalds commercials once fit the HarmlessVillain Trope, but sometime around the mid-80s they made him cuter, funnier, and friendlier, placing him in this Trope.

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* The Hamburglar in the McDonalds commercials once fit the HarmlessVillain Trope, but sometime around the mid-80s they made him cuter, funnier, and friendlier, placing him in this Trope. \n The Goblins (later renamed the Fry Guys) were the same.

* Spend too long in the Krypt in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', and the Krypt Monster will appear; he's an ''ugly'' looking guy, but all he does is scare the player and run away. He sometimes even leaves a few Koins.

* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-650 SCP-650]] of the SCPFoundation. It uses OffscreenTeleportation to teleport behind its victim, then waits for the person to turn around and freak out upon seeing it.

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* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-650 SCP-650]] of the SCPFoundation.Wiki/SCPFoundation. It uses OffscreenTeleportation to teleport behind its victim, then waits for the person to turn around and freak out upon seeing it.

** In ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon the sequel]]'' Gold Greenies are like the Blue ghosts in the first game. (Except the two that come out of the hockey goal in the fourth mansion, which ''do'' attack.)

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** In ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon [[VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon the sequel]]'' sequel]] Gold Greenies are like the Blue ghosts in the first game. (Except the two that come out of the hockey goal in the fourth mansion, which ''do'' attack.)

* The normal species of ghosts that hang from the ceiling in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''. All they do is drop down to scare Luigi, and then vanish. (However, there is a subspecies that attacks with bombs.)

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* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'':** The normal species of ghosts that hang from the ceiling in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''. All they do is drop down to scare Luigi, and then vanish. (However, there is a subspecies that attacks with bombs.)

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** In ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon the sequel]]'' Gold Greenies are like the Blue ghosts in the first game. (Except the two that come out of the hockey goal in the fourth mansion, which ''do'' attack.)

[[AC:Advertisements]]* The Hamburglar in the McDonalds commercials once fit the HarmlessVillain Trope, but sometime around the mid-80s they made him cuter, funnier, and friendlier, placing him in this Trope.

[[AC:{{Film}}]][[AC:Films -- Animated]]* The Disney/Pixar movie ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' was about a society of monsters that did this to gather power from the screams of frightened children.* This is what ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' was in the beginning of his movie, more as a device to maintain his privacy.* The citizens of Halloween Town in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' scare people for fun. It's a tradition. The scale of meanness in the scaring varies from harmless (Jack) to sadistic (Oogie Boogie).

* The Disney/Pixar movie ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' was about a society of monsters that did this to gather power from the screams of frightened children.* Other ghosts besides ''CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' in any medium he appears in. In fact, scaring is SeriousBusiness.* This is what ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' was in the beginning of his movie, more as a device to maintain his privacy.

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* The Disney/Pixar movie ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' was about a society of monsters that did this to gather power from the screams of frightened children.* Other ghosts besides ''CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' in any medium he appears in. In fact, scaring is SeriousBusiness.* This is what ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' was in the beginning of his movie, more as a device to maintain his privacy.SeriousBusiness.

* The citizens of Halloween Town in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Nightmare Before Christmas}}'' scare people for fun. It's a tradition. The scale of meanness in the scaring varies from harmless (Jack) to sadistic (Oogie Boogie).

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